hunting in pairs, whos out of line?

Agreed, we share everything equal too, (group of 2-3) normally never have any drama.

We have someone who hunts with us occasionally and it's a different story with him, very possessive, but I make sure I get my amusement out of it, gives me a kick.

The meat is only a small part of the overall hunt and experience but if it's someone you don't have an arrangement with then got to hash it out first.

Hunting is supposed to enrich your life not be another avenue to get pi**ed off!
 
Think of it this way:
IF I took you fishing to show you how to fish, and i caught all the fish and you caught none (or vice versa) what would you think we should do with the fish?
1) Should the "catcher" keep them all?
2) Should we split them between us?
 
Bigbubba said:
Think of it this way:
IF I took you fishing to show you how to fish, and i caught all the fish and you caught none (or vice versa) what would you think we should do with the fish?
1) Should the "catcher" keep them all?
2) Should we split them between us?
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would not be 50/50 all should get some meat though. unless they "fished" hunted the whole season with me and we didn't fill the second tag, then it would be 50/50
 
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Bigbubba said:
Think of it this way:
IF I took you fishing to show you how to fish, and i caught all the fish and you caught none (or vice versa) what would you think we should do with the fish?
1) Should the "catcher" keep them all?
2) Should we split them between us?
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If I was useing all your gear and you caught every thing, then I'd say td alll yours and by thing you share is appreciated


If I had all my own gear and you were teaching me then catcher keeper but if some one caught nothig it would be polite to offer them a fish. But the none catcher shouldn't be expecting MORE then 1/2
 
seeing that most people have forgotten that your buddy didn't have a liscense or a rifle in this fight and therefore couldn't help in adding to the catch he should consider himself lucky to get a steak and a bag of ground, its not as if he could help cover twice the area to aid in the harvest of a animal but more like he had to shadow behind you busy texting on his phone letting his other buddies know that he was the man now out on the big hunt and that you were going to fill his freezer for him..........


splitting 72 pounds of island deer with him would be pretty hard to swallow in the first place, dinner and a beer at the pub for helping you drag it would have more then covered it.
 
ultimate_monkey said:
If I was useing all your gear and you caught every thing, then I'd say td alll yours and by thing you share is appreciated


If I had all my own gear and you were teaching me then catcher keeper but if some one caught nothig it would be polite to offer them a fish. But the none catcher shouldn't be expecting MORE then 1/2
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Well there you go - just shows the world is full of people with different opinions on how things should work huh?
I guess it just goes to show you should discuss things in advance
 
My buddy and I hunt together all the time. We usually use my truck if we need my canoe or ATV. If not we will take his car. We have always split everything 50/50. My family might be a lot larger and even though his GF doesn't eat waterfowl it doesn't matter. It all gets split. I bought and loaded our shells this year (12ga and 30-06) gave him a bunch since he shoots more than I usually do. It doesn't matter to us, we are buds and we know that usually one of us will get something. The hunt camp I went to with his family this year splits everything between the share holders. I would have been happy with some ground. I went into it not expecting anything. Even though it was my truck, trailer, ATV, and ammo we used. I don't care. It was all about getting out into the bush with a good friend and doing some hunting. Turns out that we got to split an entire spike and the big doe this year went to the camp. I got lots more than I expected but again, I wasn't expecting half a deer. Even if it had been my kill and my tag I still would have let the camp have it. That is quite a bit different than your situation. The way we normally hunt is more like what you are experiencing.
Although, given that he doesn't/cannot hunt by himself or add to the possibility of a harvest with his own tags or weapon, I would have given him some for his time and effort. Giving him a full half is being quite generous.
 
Getting along with ordinary people isn't rocket science. These kinds of arrangements need to be made BEFORE you hunt. Most arguments between people that otherwise get along are a simple matter of having different expectations that they haddn't bothered to discuss before they came up. Participating in a group hunt, I think it's a given as you're sharing common tags but otherwise it's up to you to discuss before you go.
 
Bigbubba said:
Think of it this way:
IF I took you fishing to show you how to fish, and i caught all the fish and you caught none (or vice versa) what would you think we should do with the fish?
1) Should the "catcher" keep them all?
2) Should we split them between us?
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Come on now. Clearly you didn't read all of the original post before you offered your initial opinion...No biggie, it happens to all of us, but now you are trying to make the original situation fit your opinion! In your fishing example, to be fair to Ultimate Monkey, it should be as follows:

I am thinking of taking up fishing, you offer to take me out and show me. I sit on the hill and watch you fish (I cannot fish, I have no fishing pole or licence). After several hours you catch 6 rainbows (in this example lets assume that is your limit for the year). Then you show me how to clean the fish. To top it all off you give me 2 cleaned fish! Hell of a deal for me! Then some guy on the Internet says you are a stingy, petty, sonofa#####! Does that make sense to you?
 
Bigbubba said:
I hunt with a group - doesnt matter if 1 guy gets all the shooting, we split it all up evenly when we are done butchering.
Everybody gets an equal share. Doesnt matter if someone has to leave to go to work for a day or if someone is sick or whatever. Everyone in th egroup gets an identical/equal share.

Example - 6 guys:
Get 6 boxes - put a roast in each one, repeat till roasts are done, Put 1lb burger in each one, repeat.....pour 3 seconds of rum in a glass, add some coke, repeat....laugh a bunch, tell stories about each other, repeat, tease the hell out of the new guy, etc..... Each guy takes a box.
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Bigbubba, you can hunt with me any time! :cheers: Some of these guys on here blow my mind.....petty and greedy or what?:confused:
 
the spank said:
Bigbubba, you can hunt with me any time! :cheers: Some of these guys on here blow my mind.....petty and greedy or what?:confused:
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I agree totally with what Bigbubba says...hunting partners should share equally, no question. Trouble is this thread was never about hunting partners. Why is that so hard to grasp?
 
As a new hunter myself, this being my first deer season I would say that your buddy should be grateful that he is even getting any meat. If I was in his position I would not expect any meat and treat it as a great learning experience. On the other hand, if there are 2 tags between 2 people and only 1 gets filled then the meat should be shared equally. I enjoy the hunt and getting out there, the kill or the meat is an extra bonus.
 
the spank said:
I was invited on a couple days hunt with some fellows many years ago during the first week of the rifle season. We hunted three days and got 5 deer. Dropped the deer at the butcher's on the last day. A few days later I am invited by a friend as a fill in at their camp at the end of week two as one guy had to go home early. it would cost me X amount for my share. Good enough, I go for 3 nights and two days of hunting. We take 4 deer on the two hunts. They had 1 deer up to then. After that hunt the first party calls to say the meat is ready. We go to the butcher shop. Well I thought I was hearing and seeing things. I never saw such a fight ensue over who should get what amount of meat and what cuts? When asked my opinion the one guy in the group who was the chief hell raiser glared at me like he wanted to kill me. I think he would have tried to punch me if I wasn't twice his size. LOL! Well in the end they split it however they were splitting it and they all parted company on the spot as a hunting group, right then and there. I never saw such childish antics. Now for the second party, the fellow who invited me was a friend whom I hunted ducks with every weekend. We are out hunting ducks a few days later when he announces to me that the group felt since I was just a fill in I should not be entitled to any share. OK, I was there to help drag, gut and butcher 4 of their 5 deer. I paid my fees as expected but they felt my share should go the fellow whom I filled in for. I looked at my buddy and said, are you guys really that petty. You can't divide the meat into one more share? I mean 5 small deer for 11 guys vs 10 guys, holy, everyone might get 1/2 extra venison chop and a 1/2 pound more burger by cancelling out my share. I just laughed at him and said keep it.
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What a freakin' story! That is crazy selfishness.

To the OP... where I come from ALL of the game taken is shared EQUALLY between all those present for that hunt... period, no discussion. If you don't want to share your game fully then hunt alone... most of my partners ride my coattails to a greater or lesser degree... most of the gear is mine, I have scouted the locations and/or obtained permission, organized the tags, shopped for the food, packed up and unpacked... but they all pay their way, work their share in camp, dress and haul game, pay their share of meat processing fees, and get a full share of all meat.
 
As I posted earlier, that is exactly the way we do it, all share equally regardless. Some don't even hunt, but they get an equal share.

Can't believe the guys here who think that just because they shot it, they should have most of the meat.

Ted
 
Had a group hunt for elk on the island so we each had a tag.
A day or two before departure, he advises he can't go.
An elk is tagged, and a front quarter wen to the family that helped me.
After the hunt, "buddy" wants to know about his "half".
Yeah Right . . . and chickens have teeth! After that comment he became unintitled to SFA!
 
Shared or given, never asked for. If you have to ask, there is something seriously screwed.
 
looch said:
Shared or given, never asked for. If you have to ask, there is something seriously screwed.
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Exactly. I've shared meat with friends who don't even hunt and have gotten meat from hunts I have not even participated in.
 
Reading all these posts is a reminder how childish some adults can be. I became aware of this very early in my hunting days so I have always been very choosy who I hunted with. A safe, enjoyable hunting experience with a friend was always more important that how much meat went in my freezer.
The hunting fraturnity is no different than other interest groups as it has undesirables. Experience has taught that clear communication "before" the hunt on how the game is to be shared will solve almost all issues before they even have a chance to start.

Meat can be gotten easily, friends are harder to come by, so to the OP you will have to decide what is more important, the meat, or the friendship.
 
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